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- Charles Tremear Working in the Tintype Studio in Greenfield Village, 1929-1943 -
- 1929-1943
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Charles Tremear Working in the Tintype Studio in Greenfield Village, 1929-1943
- View Camera, Used in Harry Patmore's Photographic Studio, circa 1882 - Tintype cameras made photographs on thin, black-painted sheets of iron. The images came directly from the camera, so there were no photographic negatives from which multiple copies could be made. However, cameras could be fitted with multiple lenses, allowing several copies of the same tintype image to be produced at one time on a single sheet of iron.
- circa 1882
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View Camera, Used in Harry Patmore's Photographic Studio, circa 1882
Tintype cameras made photographs on thin, black-painted sheets of iron. The images came directly from the camera, so there were no photographic negatives from which multiple copies could be made. However, cameras could be fitted with multiple lenses, allowing several copies of the same tintype image to be produced at one time on a single sheet of iron.
- Benjamin French Tintype Camera Lens, 1860-1890 - Tintype photographs peaked in popularity in the mid-19th century. Lacquered iron plates coated with light-sensitive collodion were exposed in cameras by photographers in formal studios and mobile booths at fairs. Tintypes were inexpensive and could be produced in minutes--"instant photographs" of their day. This lens could make multiple identical exposures of the same image onto one tintype plate.
- 1860-1890
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Benjamin French Tintype Camera Lens, 1860-1890
Tintype photographs peaked in popularity in the mid-19th century. Lacquered iron plates coated with light-sensitive collodion were exposed in cameras by photographers in formal studios and mobile booths at fairs. Tintypes were inexpensive and could be produced in minutes--"instant photographs" of their day. This lens could make multiple identical exposures of the same image onto one tintype plate.
- Unprocessed Tintype Plate -
- Collections - Artifact
Unprocessed Tintype Plate
- Button Tintype Camera, 1900-1920 -
- 1900-1920
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Button Tintype Camera, 1900-1920
- Greenfield Village Tintype Studio - Tintypes were a popular type of mid-1800s "wet-plate" photography. This studio was built in 1929 in Greenfield Village and a tintypist and Ford Motor Company employee, Charles Tremear, was hired to create tintypes for Greenfield Village visitors. In this studio, in addition to Village visitors, Tremear made portraits of many celebrities, including Thomas Edison, Joe Louis and Walt Disney.
- October 20, 1929
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Greenfield Village Tintype Studio
Tintypes were a popular type of mid-1800s "wet-plate" photography. This studio was built in 1929 in Greenfield Village and a tintypist and Ford Motor Company employee, Charles Tremear, was hired to create tintypes for Greenfield Village visitors. In this studio, in addition to Village visitors, Tremear made portraits of many celebrities, including Thomas Edison, Joe Louis and Walt Disney.
- Errtee Button Tintype Camera, circa 1912 -
- circa 1912
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Errtee Button Tintype Camera, circa 1912